Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital

Coordinates: 42°41′44″N 74°55′25″W / 42.6956°N 74.9237°W / 42.6956; -74.9237
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Bassett Medical Center
Bassett Healthcare Network
Map
Geography
LocationCooperstown, New York, United States
Coordinates42°41′44″N 74°55′25″W / 42.6956°N 74.9237°W / 42.6956; -74.9237
Organization
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityColumbia University
Services
Beds180[1]
History
Former name(s)Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
OpenedJune 1922
Links
Websitewww.bassett.org
ListsHospitals in New York State

The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (Bassett Medical Center) is a teaching hospital in

Cooperstown, New York. The hospital opened in June 1922.[2] The hospital has 180 beds. It is associated with Columbia University.[1][3][4]
It is home to the Bassett Cancer Institute.

History

Some of the early work on

Nobel prize winner E. Donnall Thomas and his wife Dottie Thomas. Joseph Wiley Ferrebee was also a transplant scientist working at the hospital.[5]

The Bassett Healthcare Network runs this hospital and six others, including:[6]

  • A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta and Tri-Town Campus
  • Bassett Hospital in Schoharie
  • Cobleskill Regional Hospital in Cobleskill
  • Little Falls Hospital in Little Falls
  • O’Connor Hospital in Delhi

Publishing

The hospital has published a number of works including

  • Clinical Miscelleny vols 1 & 2, 1930s

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Bassett Medical Center". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "History of Bassett Healthcare". Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (1930). The Mary Imogene Bassett hospital, Cooperstown, New York. New York. OCLC 34228694.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), 31 pp
  4. ^ "Bassett-Columbia". Columbia-Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  5. ^ David, John S., M.D. (2017). A history of Bassett Hospital: Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York: 200 years of Health Care in Rural America.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "The Bassett Community". Friends of Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.